This discussion holds no purpose other than to get some conversations going with fellow /r/DetroitRedWings "Octopi" :)

Let say you have the option to choose a defenseman. Who would you pick and why/who would you be comfortable giving away realistically? If neither explain.

Bouwmeester at 6.8mil with one year left. 25 games player, 5 goals, 8 assists, and -2

Campbell at 7.1mil with three years left. 26 games played, 6 goals, 10 assists, and -19

Yandle at 5.2mil with three years left. 27 games played, 5 goals, 10 assists, and -1

I personally like Campbell more. He has more upside to him and the panthers are very willing to be sellers at the deadline and wouldn't demand as much as the other two. Not really sure who I'd be comfortable trading or who they'd want in return though..

Yandle will cost us, the Yotes apparently turned down Filp and Nyquist for him. Boumeester is the same way, he's one of Calgary's only good players. Campbell makes the most sense, especially with Florida erupting.

Optimally we should make a move for Soupy if and only if Florida takes on 2 mil of his contract for its remainder.

This would then be followed by the off-season acquisitions of Boumeester and Dan Dekeyser. With this veteran duo and promising young stud, we could get our team back on track.

I'm kind of curious of who will be willing to make a deal with us. Most teams in the western conference won't want to deal with us if we're looking like we make the playoffs. On the flip side, next year we'll be in a division with Florida so they could be hesitant to deal with us as well.

Out of the three I'd likely take Yandle, most manageable cap hit and he's still youngish. Depends on what it would take of course.